CHARLOTTE – Trevor Bayne. Remember him? He won the Daytona 500 in 2011 as a 20-year-old. Youngest winner in the history of the Great American Race. Cool Kid. Fabulous story. We were all amazed and smitten, conjuring up the ghost of the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. to honor the kid. "The Intimidator can step aside and make way for a new Speed Racer," one columnist wrote. That was me. I'll apologize on behalf of a lot of folks. Those brash predictions didn't quite work out. Bayne has struggled mightily, bouncing back and forth from the Nationwide (now Xfinity) to the Sprint Cup Series. He hasn't won a Cup race since Daytona. He only has two Xfinity Series...

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